Finally a bat mitzvah!

In Beachwood, Ohio, 10 women are rehearsing for their bat mitzvah. “One by one, some with walkers, some on oxygen, approached the podium to recite Jewish prayers,” was the Religion News Service story description.

You see, the 10 women are between the ages of 89 and 96. They’re getting ready for the coming of age ritual usually reserved for 12-year-old girls. But when these women were 12, only boys had such celebrations.

The women are residents of a Jewish independent living facility. “It’s the oldest bat mitzvah group, I would venture to say, in the entire country,” said Rabbi Howard Kutner.